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As of October 4th 2022, Syria uses [[Eastern European Summer Time|EEST]] ([[UTC+03:00]]) for the Syria Standard Time. Observing DST was dropped.<ref>[https://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/syria/damascus#:~:text=DST%20ended%20on%20Tuesday%2C%204%20October%202022%2C%2000%3A00%3A00.%20However%2C%20clocks%20were%20not%20changed%20because%20Damascus%20switched%20time%20zones%20at%20the%20same%20time. Time Zone Change in Syria as of October 4th 2022]</ref>
As of October 4th 2022, Syria uses [[Eastern European Summer Time|EEST]] ([[UTC+03:00]]) for the Syria Standard Time. Observing [[daylight saving time]] (DST) was dropped.<ref>[https://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/syria/damascus#:~:text=DST%20ended%20on%20Tuesday%2C%204%20October%202022%2C%2000%3A00%3A00.%20However%2C%20clocks%20were%20not%20changed%20because%20Damascus%20switched%20time%20zones%20at%20the%20same%20time. Time Zone Change in Syria as of October 4th 2022]</ref>


Prior to that date Syria used [[Eastern European Time|EET]] ([[UTC+02:00]]) and observed DST, as [[EEST]] ([[UTC+03:00]]). Transition dates had in general been last Friday of March (sometimes first Friday of April) to last Friday of October, or before 2006 1 April to 1 October with variations.<ref>[https://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/syria/damascus?year=2017 Clock Changes in Damascus, Syria (Dimashq) in 2017]</ref> This was similar but not same as the European Union, which uses Sundays.
Prior to that date Syria used [[Eastern European Time|EET]] ([[UTC+02:00]]) and observed DST, as [[EEST]] ([[UTC+03:00]]). Transition dates had in general been last Friday of March (sometimes first Friday of April) to last Friday of October, or before 2006 1 April to 1 October with variations.<ref>[https://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/syria/damascus?year=2017 Clock Changes in Damascus, Syria (Dimashq) in 2017]</ref> This was similar but not same as the European Union, which uses Sundays.

Revision as of 10:34, 18 October 2022

As of October 4th 2022, Syria uses EEST (UTC+03:00) for the Syria Standard Time. Observing daylight saving time (DST) was dropped.[1]

Prior to that date Syria used EET (UTC+02:00) and observed DST, as EEST (UTC+03:00). Transition dates had in general been last Friday of March (sometimes first Friday of April) to last Friday of October, or before 2006 1 April to 1 October with variations.[2] This was similar but not same as the European Union, which uses Sundays.

IANA time zone database

The IANA time zone database contains one zone for Syria in the file zone.tab, named Asia/Damascus.

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